MQCyberSec
MQCyberSec
MQCyberSec
The MQCyberSec club is the place to be for all Macquarie University students who are interested in cybersecurity and Capture the Flag competitions.
Join our weekly cybersecurity challenges every Thursday from 5-7 PM in Room 113, 4RPD. Open to all skill levels - discover the exciting world of ethical hacking.
Explore the evolution of our cybersecurity team, showcasing our growth and dedication year by year.
Our team's global and regional standings on CTF Time.
2022 Rankings
MQCyberSec
🥈 Australia Rank: #2
Global Rank: #307
2021 Rankings
MQCyberSec
Australia Rank: #12
Global Rank: #507
2020 Rankings
MQCyberSec
Australia Rank: #14
Global Rank: #912
Our team has excelled in various Capture The Flag competitions, demonstrating our skills and expertise in cybersecurity challenges.
Explore our detailed writeups for various CTF challenges we've solved and learn from our experiences.
Once a benevolent guardian spirit at the Gates of Loria, it could sense each traveler’s purity. Those with righteous hearts earned the entry chant to open the gates of Loria’s hidden library, while the unworthy were misled to other places. Since falling under Malakar’s dark influence, the Gatekeeper’s gift has been corrupted. Pure-hearted seekers now receive a false incantation that triggers the library’s defenses, while Malakar’s followers are given the genuine chant, passing into Loria unharmed. Eloween has sensed the curse in it, and asked for your prompt injection skills to outwit this curse to reveal the genuine chant reserved for the followers of Malakar. Once you have the chant, submit it as flag with the format `HTB{Chant}`
Into the Abyssal Depths, the path to the Sea Temple can only be charted by the lunar stars. The fellowship must reach this temple to gather the last element. Eloween calls upon the late Murek the Moonwatcher, the astronomer of old. The final vestige of Murek’s knowledge resides in the hollow sphere of glass known as the Lunar Orb. The Lunar Orb is an AI artifact that can neither be destroyed nor hidden from those who seek it. The path to the Sea Temple is only revealed by the secret chant of the sea, “Aqualia’s Lament”. There is no time to recollect this chant, so the fellowship needs your prompt injection skills to reveal this chant from the orb to unlock the way to the Sea Temple. Once you have the chant, whisper it to the orb to get the pathway to Sea Temple. Wrap the flag in the following format for the flag: `HTB{pathway}`
Deep in her sanctum beneath Eldoria's streets, Nyla arranges seven crystalline orbs in a perfect circle. Each contains a different vision of stone battlements and weathered walls—possible matches for the mysterious fortress the Queen seeks in the southern kingdoms of Chile. The image in her central crystal pulses with ancient power, showing a majestic citadel hidden among the distant Chilean mountains. Her fingers dance across each comparison crystal, her enchanted sight noting subtle architectural differences between the visions. The runes along her sleeves glow more intensely with each elimination until only one crystal remains illuminated. As she focuses her magical threads on this final vision, precise location runes appear in glowing script around the orb. Nyla smiles in satisfaction as the fortress reveals not just its position, but its true name and history. A more challenging mystery solved by Eldoria's premier information seeker, who knows that even the most distant fortifications cannot hide their secrets from one who compares the patterns of stone and shadow. Flag Format: `HTB{street number,postal code city, region}`
